لكيوانfor Saturn الثباتِconstancy بغيرِwithout شكٍّdoubt
لكيوان الثباتِ بغيرِ شكٍّ
كماjust as للمشتريfor Jupiter عِلمُknowledge النبيّof the prophet
كما للمشتري عِلمُ النبيّ
Saturn has constancy, without a doubt,
With constancy and without any doubt
as Jupiter has the prophet's knowledge.
As the buyer knows the prophet
وللمريخand for Mars أرماحٌspears طوالٌlong
وللمريخ أرماحٌ طوالٌ
إذاwhen اجتمعcomes together الكميُّthe armored warrior معwith الكميّthe armored warrior
إذا اجتمع الكميُّ مع الكميّ
And Mars has long spears,
And Mars has long spears
when one armored warrior meets another.
When the quantitative meets the qualitative
وللشمسِand for the sun الأمانةthe trust فيin مكانٍa station
وللشمسِ الأمانة في مكانٍ
كماas قالsaid الإلهGod لناto us عليّlofty
كما قال الإله لنا عليّ
And the sun holds the trust in a station,
And the sun has honesty in a place
lofty, as God has told us.
As God told us, the Most High
وللزهراءand for Venus ميلُinclination هوىpassion وحبand love
وللزهراء ميلُ هوى وحب
فويلٌso woe للشجيِّto the lovelorn منfrom الخليِّthe carefree one
فويلٌ للشجيِّ من الخليِّ
And Venus inclines toward passion and love;
And for Al-Zahra is the inclination of love and passion
so woe to the lovelorn at the hands of the carefree.
So woe to the neighbor from the close one
ونشand [unclear word] عطاردMercury مريِّخMars لطفgentleness
ونش عطارد مريِّخ لطف
يضمhe joins بهby means of it العليِّthe lofty إلىto الدنيّthe lowly
يضم به العليِّ إلى الدنيّ
And Mercury's [unclear word] is a Mars of gentleness,
And Mercury the kindness planet of youth
through which he joins the lofty to the lowly.
Which includes the Most High to the lowly one
بأمرby the command of البدرthe full moon يكتبhe writes ماwhat أردناwe willed
بأمر البدر يكتب ما أردنا
إلىto الدانيthe near one المقرَّبِthe one brought close والقصيّand the far-off one
إلى الداني المقرَّبِ والقصيّ
At the full moon's command, he writes what we willed,
By the order of the moon it writes what we wanted
to the near one, brought close, and the far-off one.
To the intimate and chosen servant
ويقطعand he traverses فيthrough بروجٍzodiacal signs معلماتٍmarked
ويقطع في بروجٍ معلماتٍ
يكنَّthey are لسيرهاfor their course حرفَthe letter الرويّof rhyme
يكنَّ لسيرها حرفَ الرويّ
And he traverses marked zodiacal signs,
And it cuts through marked constellations
which are the rhyme-letter for their course.
For its course are the letters of conjoined
فمنso from حَمَلٍa ram (Aries) إلىto ثورٍa bull (Taurus) ويعلوand he rises
فمن حَمَلٍ إلى ثورٍ ويعلو
إلىto الجوزاءِGemini فيin الفلكthe celestial sphere البهيّsplendid
إلى الجوزاءِ في الفلك البهيّ
So from the Ram to the Bull, he rises
So from Aries to Taurus it ascends
to Gemini in the splendid sphere,
To Gemini in the shining orbit
إلىto السرطانِthe Crab (Cancer) منfrom أسدa lion (Leo) تراهyou see him
إلى السرطانِ من أسد تراه
بنبلةٍwith an arrow لميزانِfor the scales (Libra) الهويّof descent
بنبلةٍ لميزانِ الهويّ
to the Crab; from the Lion you see him
To Cancer from Leo you see it
with an arrow for the Scales of descent.
With the Balance's arrow of love
وعقربٍand a scorpion (Scorpio) صدغهhis temple يرميhe shoots بقوسِwith a bow (Sagittarius)
وعقربٍ صدغه يرمي بقوسِ
منof النيرانflames منfor أجلِthe sake of الجديthe Goat (Capricorn)
من النيران من أجلِ الجدي
And with a scorpion at his temple, he shoots with a bow
And Scorpio whose temple is struck by the bow
of flames, for the sake of the Goat,
Of fire for the sake of the holy
ليشويهto roast him فيطفيهthen quench him بدلوwith a bucket (Aquarius)
ليشويه فيطفيه بدلو
كحوتِlike a fish (Pisces) دلالةِa sign of العبدthe servant النجيّthe intimate confidant
كحوتِ دلالةِ العبد النجيّ
to roast him, then quench him with a bucket,
To roast it and extinguish it instead with a bucket
like a fish, a sign of the servant in intimate converse.
Like the whale of the devoted servant's indication
وليسand there is no لهذهfor these الأبراجِzodiacal signs عينٌa visible entity
وليس لهذه الأبراجِ عينٌ
منamong الأنوارthe lights فيin النظرobservation الجليّclear
من الأنوار في النظر الجليّ
These zodiacal signs have no distinct visible entity
And these constellations have no eye
among the lights, under clear observation;
In the clear consideration
ولكنَّbut المنازلَthe lunar mansions عينتهاhave marked them out
ولكنَّ المنازلَ عينتها
منfrom الفلكِthe celestial sphere المكوكَبstar-studded للخفيّfor the unseen
من الفلكِ المكوكَب للخفيّ
but the lunar mansions have marked them out
But the mansions eyed them
from the star-studded sphere, for the unseen.
From the orbiting cosmos to the hidden
فمنزلتانso two mansions معwith ثلثa third لبرجٍfor a zodiacal sign
فمنزلتان مع ثلث لبرجٍ
كتقسيمِlike the division of المراتبِthe ranks فيin النديّthe assembly
كتقسيمِ المراتبِ في النديّ
Thus two mansions and a third belong to a sign,
So two mansions and a third of a constellation
like the division of ranks in the assembly.
Is the hierarchy's division in the close
وبانand there appeared لكلfor every منزلةٍmansion دليلٌa guide
وبان لكل منزلةٍ دليلٌ
منamong الأسماءthe names عنthrough نظرٍobservation خفيّsubtle
من الأسماء عن نظرٍ خفيّ
And for every mansion a guide appeared
And for every mansion was a proof
among the names, through a subtle gaze.
From the names of the unseen consideration
كنطحٍlike Butting (al-Nath) فيin بُطينLittle Belly (al-Butayn) فيin ثرياthe Pleiades
كنطحٍ في بُطين في ثريا
إلىtoward الدبرthe rear إنif هقعتهhis head-whorl (al-Haq'ah) تحيّgreets
إلى الدبر إن هقعته تحيّ
Like Butting in Little Belly, amid the Pleiades,
Like "Al Nath" in "Al Butain" in "Al Thurayya"
toward the Rear, if his Head-whorl greets
To "Al Dabaran" if its serpent is lively
ذراعاًan arm (al-Dhira') عندat نثرهhis scattering طرفِa gaze (al-Tarf) شخصٍa person
ذراعاً عند نثره طرفِ شخصٍ
بجبهتهat his forehead (al-Jabhah) زيرتْshe was visited علىupon بنيّa little son
بجبهته زيرتْ على بنيّ
an Arm, beside his scattering, a person's Gaze;
An arm during its dispersion of a person's edge
at his Forehead she was visited, upon a little son,
With its forehead the "Sa'd al Zira" inclined to the builder
لتعلمهto teach him بصرفتهthrough his turning-away (al-Sarfah) فمالتْthen she inclined
لتعلمه بصرفته فمالتْ
يعوَّاء'Awwa' (the Howler); prefix unclear السِّماكِal-Simak (the Elevated One) علىupon وليّa friend
يعوَّاء السِّماكِ على وليّ
to teach him through his Turning-away; then she leaned
To teach it in its own manner so it inclined
'Awwa' [unclear prefix] of Simak, upon a friend.
The bird of fishes upon the guardian
غفرنthey forgave لهhim زباناتclaws (al-Zubana) بأمرat a command
غفرن له زبانات بأمر
منfrom الإكليلthe crown (al-Iklil) عنfrom قلبٍa heart نقيّpure
من الإكليل عن قلبٍ نقيّ
The Claws forgave him, at a command
They forgave it the forelocks by order
from the Crown, issuing from a pure Heart.
Of the crown from a pure heart
فجادتso she gave generously شَولةٌShaula (the Raised Tail) صادتshe caught نَاماًnām; meaning unclear
فجادت شَولةٌ صادت نَاماً
ببلدتهاin her town (al-Baldah) لكلِّfor every فتىyoung man تقيّpious
ببلدتها لكلِّ فتى تقيّ
Then Shaula gave generously, having caught nām [meaning unclear],
So they freely gave fatness that hunted wilderness
in her Town, for every pious youth.
In its town for every pious youth
وذابحهاand her slaughterer يخبرهاtells her بماof what قدhas
وذابحها يخبرها بما قد
بداappeared فيin العجلِthe calf منfrom سرِّthe secret الحليّof the jewelry
بدا في العجلِ من سرِّ الحليّ
And her Slaughterer tells her of what has
And its slaughterer informs it of what had
come to light in the calf, from the jewelry's secret.
Appeared in the calf from the secret of jewelry
فتبلعهاso they swallow her السعودُthe fortunes علىbefore شهودٍwitnesses
فتبلعها السعودُ على شهودٍ
منfrom أخبيةٍtents وأدلاءِand buckets الشقيّof the wretched one
من أخبيةٍ وأدلاءِ الشقيّ
Then the Fortunes swallow her before witnesses
So Al Saud swallows it in the presence
from Tents and the buckets of the wretched one.
Of the wise ones and the unjust servant's testifiers
مقدَّمهاtheir forepart مؤخرهاtheir hindpart لفرغٍfor a bucket-spout
مقدَّمها مؤخرها لفرغٍ
يدليهlowers it الرَّشاءُthe rope إلىinto الركيّthe well
يدليه الرَّشاءُ إلى الركيّ
Their Forepart and Hindpart are for a bucket-spout,
Its foremost its hindmost to unload
which the Rope lowers into the well,
Which the Pisces pours unto the wineskin
ليسقيto water زرعهhis crop كرماًgenerously وجوداًand bountifully
ليسقي زرعه كرماً وجوداً
ليقريto entertain guests بالغداةِin the morning وبالعشيّand in the evening
ليقري بالغداةِ وبالعشيّ
to water his crop with generosity and bounty,
To water its crop generously and bountifully
to offer hospitality in the morning and the evening.
To satisfy in the morn and at night
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